Design

Every edu­ca­tor is by neces­sity a designer, so I have made it a point to learn and prac­tice these skills in a vari­ety of appli­ca­tions. Below are just a few exam­ples of appli­ca­tions in visual, story, and cur­ricu­lum design that I have created.

All About Explorers

All About Explor­ers is a web­site designed for teach­ing crit­i­cal think­ing and Inter­net research skills. Many of the graph­ics were orig­i­nal to this project.

 

Gifted Task Force: Final Report

Effec­tive com­munca­tions are designed as much as they are writ­ten, both visu­ally and struc­turally. An exam­ple of how I have put this prin­ci­ple into prac­tice is the final report of the Gifted Renewal Task Force. You can down­load a copy of the entire report here:

Gifted Renewal Task Force Final Report

Gifted Task Force: Recommendations

This was a pre­sen­ta­tion to our school board shar­ing the rec­om­men­da­tions from a year-​​long task force that had stud­ied our district’s gifted pro­gram in depth.

 

Gifted Ser­vices Brochure

To clearly com­mu­ni­cate with par­ents and the com­mu­nity what is avail­able to high abil­ity stu­dents in my dis­trict, I designed the brochure and book­let linked below.

Gifted Brochure Gifted Ser­vices Book­let

 

Gifted Ser­vices Update

This was pre­sented to all dis­trict staff in August, 2011, to update them about changes to gifted ser­vices in the dis­trict and to con­nect with the district’s goals for the year.